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news broke out today that anna wintour, the glamorous and formidable editor of "vogue" is in the running to be president obama's next ambassador to france or to britain. she helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for his re-election. so what might happen when high fashion meets high-wire diplomacy? abc's david wright. >> reporter: she's a woman renowned for exquisite taste and withering looks. the inspiration for meryl streep's character in "the devil wears prada." >> you have no style or sense of fashion. >> i think that depends on what your -- >> no, no, that wasn't a question. >> reporter: a portrayal anna wintour may not have enjoyed, but she told barbara walters she respected it. >> did you recognize any part of yourself? >> well, i'm a very decisive person, so if meryl seemed somewhat strong, i respect that. >> reporter: she is the single most powerful woman in the fashion industry. her influence felt not just on the runway but in the shopping malls too. as the documentary "the september issue" revealed, the editor of "vogue" doesn't mince words. >> i feel it's quite one-dim
news broke out today that anna wintour, the glamorous and formidable editor of "vogue" is in the running to be president obama's next ambassador to france or to britain. she helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for his re-election. so what might happen when high fashion meets high-wire diplomacy? abc's david wright. >> reporter: she's a woman renowned for exquisite taste and withering looks. the inspiration for meryl streep's character in "the devil wears...
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it's all just bizarre. >> that's why we need anna wintour. let's put her in charge of the investigation. maybe she'll get the answers. at least she'll be dressed well. >> tell me about your radio show. what's up with that? >> a lot of great speculation. a bit of a high day tus hiatus. i'll announce what i'm doing in the next couple of days. >> everyone, calm down. they're like you've abandoned us. i haven't abandoned us. >> you haven't given us any notice. >> i like to keep people guessing, greta. one minute it will be santorum in a sweater vest. the next thing it will be muppets. >> greta, you know my xylophone career. i got rejected from the boston pops and the symphony. ed it was my first love. if i didn' doesn't work out, i'k to the radio. >> any chance it's th it's tv? >> i'm not going to say anything about it. >> that was sort of an unusual -- >> this is my tv gig, greta. radio is my love right after modern dance. >> we await the announcement. >> thank you. thank you for all the crazy tweets tonight about being on the show with a certai
it's all just bizarre. >> that's why we need anna wintour. let's put her in charge of the investigation. maybe she'll get the answers. at least she'll be dressed well. >> tell me about your radio show. what's up with that? >> a lot of great speculation. a bit of a high day tus hiatus. i'll announce what i'm doing in the next couple of days. >> everyone, calm down. they're like you've abandoned us. i haven't abandoned us. >> you haven't given us any notice. >>...
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but ambassador anna wintour. privately white house sources say wintour is in the running for a plum diplomatic post, either ambassador to france or britain. wintour may not even want the job. she is, after all, the reigning queen of fashion, and queens don't have to be diplomatic. david wright, abc new, los angeles. >> she has been at "vogue" for 25 years, born in london, 63. apparently you know her quite well. >> yes, there we are. >> she's mad at you because you're not wearing a tie. >> she would be frowning upon most of the things i would wear. i have some kind of weird chest hair pattern in there. >> you have a necklace on. >> is that what it is? you are going david hasselhoff on us. >> we'll be right back. >> yeah! ♪ that's what it's for >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," inform ñ >>> this morning on "world news now" -- moment of horror. a break in the subway death that has shocked new york. police have captured a suspect. >> and the picture captured by a photographer on that platform has touch
but ambassador anna wintour. privately white house sources say wintour is in the running for a plum diplomatic post, either ambassador to france or britain. wintour may not even want the job. she is, after all, the reigning queen of fashion, and queens don't have to be diplomatic. david wright, abc new, los angeles. >> she has been at "vogue" for 25 years, born in london, 63. apparently you know her quite well. >> yes, there we are. >> she's mad at you because you're...
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anna wintour, do you think we'd send her to china? do you think we would pick her for our ambassador to china? it's a putdown of the europeans if they do this. it is a putdown to them in their moment of crisis. megyn: maybe we are secretly trying to redo british fashion. [laughter] >> well, it could use an upgrade, that's for sure. megyn: when she goes over there, she's going to have a couple of things on her plate. seriously, is it an important position? what will the ambassador to great britain likely be doing over the next four years? >> well, handling relationships with one of the closest allies in american history. megyn: but doesn't it get kicked up to the secretary of state or above? >> i don't think so. i think the details on the ground that are taken care of by the ambassador on the spot. and it's not just a choice of what color to wear, it's a choice of what role to play, how to play the british vis-a-vis the americans. it is the plum diplomatic job and in the american diplomatic service. you are ambassador -- the court of s
anna wintour, do you think we'd send her to china? do you think we would pick her for our ambassador to china? it's a putdown of the europeans if they do this. it is a putdown to them in their moment of crisis. megyn: maybe we are secretly trying to redo british fashion. [laughter] >> well, it could use an upgrade, that's for sure. megyn: when she goes over there, she's going to have a couple of things on her plate. seriously, is it an important position? what will the ambassador to great...
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the new rumbles of anna wintour as ambassador coming up next. melissa: more breaking news right now. disney and netflix reaching a multiyear catalog deal. netflix will be the exclusive u.s. subscription television service for first-run live action animated disney films. basically that means you have to go to netflix to get first crack at disney stuff and cartoons to is moms of course. you can see netflix's stock reacting. investors loving this news and the stock is rising substantially on that. you can see it is up there about 7%. thank you. that is little dark for me there. lori: good news for content on netflix. more choices. >>> internet giant yahoo! facing trouble south of the border. a potential judgement against it in a mexican court may cost billions. shibani joshi has the details for us. so the amount of this lawsuit is equivalent of what, like a third of yahoo!'s cash on hand? that is exorbitant. >> it is a huge chunk what a the company has in he bank and this is something investors will pay very close attention to obviously when the co
the new rumbles of anna wintour as ambassador coming up next. melissa: more breaking news right now. disney and netflix reaching a multiyear catalog deal. netflix will be the exclusive u.s. subscription television service for first-run live action animated disney films. basically that means you have to go to netflix to get first crack at disney stuff and cartoons to is moms of course. you can see netflix's stock reacting. investors loving this news and the stock is rising substantially on that....